Jennifer Garland

Associate Librarian, Rare Books and Special Collections

Supports teaching, learning, research and outreach activities in Rare Books and Special Collections and as the special collections liaison librarian for the Blackader-Lauterman Rare Collection of Architecture and Art; the Print Collection; and the John Bland Canadian Architecture Collection. 

Education

• Master of Library and Information Studies, McGill University
• Bachelor of Fine Arts, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NSCAD) University

Areas of Interest

• Architectural archives
• Book arts
• Letterpress and woodblock printing
• Print illustration

Selected Publications and Presentations

Williams, L., Garland, J., and A.M. Holland. When Places Elude the Book. Speaker. Bibliographical Society of Canada Annual Conference, June 2024.

Dickenson, V. and J. Garland (2021). “Taylor White’s Paper Museum.” Notes and Records: The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science, 75:599-626.

Cooke, N., Deskin, H., Garland, J. et al (Eds.). (2021). AMAZE: A McGill A-Z Experience. McGill University Library and Archives, 2021, Montreal.

Dysert, A., Garland, J., Holland, A.M. and L. Williams (2019). "Toward a Book Arts Laboratory at McGill Library." Book Arts Canada, 10(1).

Garland, J. and S. Severson. Multimodal exhibitions: A case study of McGill@Expo67. Speaker. ARLIS/NA Annual Conference, March 2019.

Cooke, N. and J. Garland. “Methodological Reflections on the Relationship Between Lived and Idealized Self and Other in Women’s Journals” In: A Space of their own: Women and the Periodical Press in China’s Long Twentieth Century, Eds. Hockx, M., Judge, J. and B. Mittler. Cambridge University Press, 2018.

Jennings, M., Garland, J., Severson, S. and D. Tkach (2015). "Wayfinding in Complex Architectural Collections: A Collaborative Approach Between Creator and Curator." Archiving Conference Proceedings (Society for Imaging Science and Technology).

Garland, J. (2014). "Locating Traces of Hidden Visual Culture in Rare Books and Special Collections: A Case Study in Visual Literacy." Art Documentation, 33(2).

Garland, J., Huising, R. and J. Struben (2013). “What if technology worked in harmony with nature?” Imagining climate change through Prius advertisements.” Organization, 20(5): 679-704.

Dysert, A., Garland, J. and S. Kochkina. Anatomy Theaters, Legal Dramas, and Landscape Staging: Unexpected Performances in Special Collections. Speaker. ACRL Rare Books and Manuscripts Section Annual Conference, June 2013.

Garland J. and S. Swanick. Lacquer Illustrated Bindings: Syncretic Elements of Painting and Writing. Speaker. 38^th Saint Louis Conference on Manuscript Studies, Saint Louis, MI, October, 14, 2011.

Cooke, N., and J. Garland (2008) “Putting Questions to Images: The Chatelaine Project.” Visual Resources Association Bulletin, 35(2): 86-93.
 

Selected Professional Activities

• Editorial Board, RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage (2024-2027)
• Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA)
  • Program Co-Chair, Conference Planning Advisory Committee (2021)
  • Canadian Liaison, Executive Board (2016-2018)
  • Strategic Planning Committee (2011-2015)
• McGill Library Tenure Committee, Chair (2019-2020)
• McGill Library Nominating Committee (2015-2017)
• McGill Association of University Teachers - Librarians' Section (MAUT-LS): Secretary/Treasurer (2013-2016)

Links

Instagram @McGill_Rare (contributor)

McGill Library Matters (contributor)